aek Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Any idea what this could be? Very tiny..about 2mm. Silurian , crab orchard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Better photos that are more in focus would really help. Reminds me of mineral whisker growths but I can’t remember what they are called or how to confirm this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 Here's more photos. Really difficult to photograph. I need a better microscope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Chonetes vetustus is described from Crab Orchard: Foerste, A.F. 1909 Silurian Fossils from the Kokomo, West Union, and Alger Horizons of Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 21(1):1-41 PDF LINK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 7 hours ago, piranha said: Chonetes vetustus is described from Crab Orchard: Foerste, A.F. 1909 Silurian Fossils from the Kokomo, West Union, and Alger Horizons of Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 21(1):1-41 PDF LINK Amazing- thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 It should be noted that the genus Chonetes was rather a general ' waste basket' taxon but has now been split into many different genera. Chonetes is now limited to a couple of species from Europe ranging from Early to Middle Devonian. I think that C. vetustus was renamed C. vetusta. I can find no record of whether Foerste's species is still accepted or to where it has been reassigned if it has. I do know that the other species to which Foerste compares it, Chonetes cornutus, is now Strophochonetes cornutus. Strophochonetes is Silurian (Upper Llandovery to Wenlock) but seems to be limited to Europe, Algeria and Anticosti in North America. It had long, hollow spines. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: It should be noted that the genus Chonetes was rather a general ' waste basket' taxon but has now been split into many different genera. Chonetes is now limited to a couple of species from Europe ranging from Early to Middle Devonian. I think that C. vetustus was renamed C. vetusta. I can find no record of whether Foerste's species is still accepted or to where it has been reassigned if it has. I do know that the other species to which Foerste compares it, Chonetes cornutus, is now Strophochonetes cornutus. Strophochonetes is Silurian (Upper Llandovery to Wenlock) but seems to be limited to Europe, Algeria and Anticosti in North America. It had long, hollow spines. Interesting and thanks for the info. Edited June 11, 2022 by aek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 There's not much, if any, taper to it. Perhaps it's a root? Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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